Sri Lanka 'pornographers' outed in police crackdown
The faces of dozens of people accused of appearing in pornographic films, in violation of anti-obscenity laws, have been published by Sri Lankan media. They appeared in a Sinhala-language paper, with a police notice asking the public to help trace those pictured.A magistrate had told police to identify and arrest the people, and ordered the publication of the images.Reports say the alleged porn actors could be fined and sentenced to six months in prison.The police say that if they can apprehend those in the pictures, that will lead them to the pornography's distributors.The authorities say pornography leads to sexual crimes, including rape.
Victims or participants?
Photos of 83 people, 80 women and three men, had been released for publication, said a police spokesman, Prishantha Jayakody.The Lakbima daily newspaper published 27 faces on Tuesday.Supt Jayakody told the BBC there had been no public response so far to the pictures, which were sourced from a range of Sri Lankan pornographic websites."Most of these people are Sri Lankans," said Supt Jayakody. "We know this from their features."He added that organised crime could have been involved in the distribution of the material, but downplayed the notion that anyone might have appeared in the films against their will.
Source by: BBCSinhala.com
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